Prinzen - 2nd Class Spange by Otto Schickle

Here we have a “Prinzen”, 2 prong Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse 1939 (Wiederholungsspange) by Otto Schickle of Pforzheim. The 2nd Class Spange to the Iron Cross 1939 (Repetition Clasp) was awarded to individuals who has received the 2nd Class Iron Cross in WWI and would have earned the 2nd Class Iron Cross in WWII. It is constructed out of a die struck tombak base that has been silver washed. The obverse of the badge depicts a German national eagle, with out-stretched wings clutching a wreathed swastika within its talons and is above a trapezoid shaped pebbled bannered that reads “1939”. The full back reverse retains both of its soldered on flatwire tombak prongs. The spange is accompanied by a folded black and white rayon ribbon that measures approximately 4 3/4 inches long. The spange measures approximately 15/16 of an inch wide and tall. A sweet piece!